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.... unfortunately, the movie lacks interviews. The plot of this movie is simple and kind of boring, not going to lie about that. What makes it watchable and funny are the interviews as well as the blooper reel at the end, other than that there's basically nothing funny about the movie.

I thought the idea of making a Between Two Ferns movie was a good one, and it was, in theory. I just expected something else. I expected more interviews and The Office vibes, but this was just a mess.

If you like the web-series, you'll probably enjoy the movie, maybe. I'd suggest just skipping through to the interviews, instead of watching the whole thing. 6/10, just because of the interviews and the blooper reel at the end.

It was watchable and had a few humorous moments throughout but I laughed much more during the credit outtakes than during any other part of the film. They probably should have just rolled that for 90 minutes.

Meh, the movie was okay-ish, mostly because Zach Galifianakis is hilarious as expected, but the movie itself is sort of rubbish and forced.The interviews - the heart of the whole idea - come way too short. Why Netflix just didn't opt to do a miniseries consisting of 10 interviews, 10 minutes each is beyond me. It would have been a major hit.

Long time fan of the original show online and had high hopes for this after the trailer. The story and some jokes seemed really predictable, but they were still fun nonetheless. The run time of only 75 minutes helps the movie not get boring as it is paced pretty fast. The celebrity interactions are the strongest point imo, but they felt rushed because of the fact that each celebrity was there for like 2 minutes at a time.

Overall, if you are a fan of the show, you should give it a try and see what you think. If you've never seen or dislike the original, then this is definitely not for you.

7 ? Hehehehe. Maybe it's the wine but Hehehehe. No it's all the wine. This review is zero help.

Between Two Ferns: The Movie. That's precisely the title, and you clicked on the thing, so what did y'all expect? A transcendental study of body and mind? Jesus, simply have some fun for once with an innocent little flick like this. Just my opinion. Personally, and it's cool if you disagree of course, this was everything I wanted and even a bit more. I did not think I would laugh pretty much all the way through one bit, but I sure did. You can totally see the fun they had on set and that decidedly benefitted the movie. Even Will Ferrell had a few hilarious lines, and I close to never think he's actually funny. Jake Gyllenhaal got a shout-out that worked so well 'cause of a good Between Two Ferns inside joke. Paul Rudd couldn't even fully pretend to be serious because he was having so much fun. Benedict Cumberbatch. This very solid flick obviously does nothing to reinvent comedy or challenge the arts, but it's so entertaining and does what it needed to do, and I'm sure some jokes will stick with me for a long time. And the bloopers are flawless, by the way.

Was thinking that the main premise of the film would have more interviews than a typical plot. Though it's a short film and there are some decent moments but not everything is funny. The interviews with the celebrities were roughly short and possibly the best part of the film. The bloopers at the end were good too.

Wasn't expecting much, it was decent but what it was but could have been a lot bette given its hype.

I don't know why the interviews, the entire reason people care about Between Two Ferns: The Movie, took such a backseat to the story in this film. The story is pretty paper thin and stretched well beyond its limits. The interviews are great as expected, but the comedy in the rest of the movie is pretty hit or miss. I just want to see celebrities making fun of each other, not all this other crap.

The bloopers at the end was the best part of the movie.

I loved every single person in this movie. If the Hey Nong Man were in it, that would have been icing on the cake, baby! Maybe next time. As far as the story goes, the third act was kinda slow. But everything else was pretty good!

The end credits are the funniest part. If you just skip all the "movie" parts and watch the 2 minute interviews you'll be better off.

I enjoyed it. Was funny for the most part. They cut short some of the celeb interviews but overall I found it funny. People need to keep in mind that this is the driest humor you'll encounter besides Larry David.

Overall it's funny, it's not really a film but more a device to show Zach terrorizing celebs. Overall it's simple and funny. Again they could have elongated the interviews, but it's still funny. Oh and watch the credits......:)

Between two ferns was a throwaway sketch show in which small time interviewer Zach Galifanakis conducted a series of obscenely insulating interviews with Hollywood stars. It was never a show in particular that was destined for a feature length movie. Not because it couldn't necessarily be executed, rather because there was no glaringly obvious potential plot line. However, Zach (writer and lead) and Scott Aukerman (Writer and Director) managed to muddle together a seemingly decent plot. Although slightly baggy at times, at the core it still holds its own - as Zach and his crew shine through.

Zach's pipeline dream of becoming a mainstream late night television host is the driving force behind this movie. Due to Zach's internet success producer Will Ferrell gifts Zach his own late night tv show in return for 10 more interviews in current format. The only caveat is that they have to be conducted within two weeks, leaving Zach and (predominantly) his crew to go about sourcing and interviewing within this ludicrous time frame.

Needless to say Zach's truly bizarre character creation is at the heart of this movie; and he is at his very best. Literally anything can come from this mans mouth, like verbal diarrhoea, Zach cannot control himself. From his obscenely out of place food and beverage orders, to his senseless lack of common sense he is utterly hilarious. It would always have been difficult to tap into comical themes other than the interviews themselves within this movie - and at times it was indeed baggy. However, the saving grace besides the already existing Zach Galifanakis are the support cast who needs just as much credit, with their stoney looks and physical acting without their stellar performances - the jokes would have stood up.

Running at only around one hour and twenty minuets, it's not exactly a Greek odyssey - but it doesn't intend to be. It is still a laugh fest, with its physical humoured quips. So if you are in the mood for a late night comedy trip - Zach Can provide. A prerequisite to your enjoyment is that you have to like or at least be onboard with Zach's character, If you buy into his awkward, desperate or dare say slightly autistic persona, it's a must see on every level.

It was ok. Considering it has a lot of star cameos I would have expected more. Some LOL moments but not enough to consider it anymore than mediocre.

I don't really understand the negative reviews. This movie made me laugh out loud multiple times. It's actually good.

Wasn't too bowled over to begin with, but did find my self laughing out loud during some scenes, and that is highly unusual.

Its just pure silliness, which is the way I Iike my comedies. To be honest, a fair bit fail flat, then again a fair bit really made me chuckle.

The highlight was the David Letterman interview, that soooo worked for me.

As a lot of reviews have mentioned the interviews are the most comic and awkward, bit like the old Ali G interviews.

Would recommend this one for a quick and easy view, with a lot of laughs.

This film struggles to match the hilarity of the interviews with with the bits in between.

But the interviews are brilliant and the outtakes over the end credits had me crying with laughter.

I'll just say the outtakes at the end are the funniest part, so if you end up wanting to switch this off, jump to the end. The rest of the film definitely has its funny moments, all the stars are great, the cast is good. There is nothing in particular that stands out, but maybe that is exactly why it feels flat. Everything is fine, but, yeah, just fine.

Maybe a mockumentary of the show itself would have been more fun. It does feel like a bit of a wasted effort and opportunity. I think this is literally the first time I just can't think of anything else to say to meet the character requirement for a review. Done. Lol.

When the bloopers at the end of the movie are funnier than the movie itself you know its bad great actors wasted 3 stars for the bloopers because they actually made me laugh.......

Honestly I liked the movie, but laughed the hardest after it was done and the bloopers play at the credits.

American humor tends to try hard to be awkward too seriously. And it's not as funny as other styles.

The story was actually quite heart warming :) So it falls less into the comedy realm in that regard and more family movie.

They were probably hoping to churn out a new Borat type movie, but it resembled more a new Action Point (2019). An excuse to drag a skit out to an 80 minute movie. I gave it almost 15 minutes, but then I started skipping the boring connective tissue between the celebrity interviews. It surely didn't help that this was the third (!) miss on Netflix on the same evening for me.

The end credits though are hilarious, and I guess you can find them on Youtube if you don't have Netflix. Because there is no reason to watch this entire film.

The film is filled with the most popular A-list stars and totally meets my expectations since the show debuted over 10 years ago!

I'd never heard of this as a show before but thought I'd give this a go. I quite like awkward comedy and there's plenty of that on show here. Lots of big stars involved and Will Ferrell pretty much steals the whole thing as he has a habit of doing. But in reality it isn't that funny. Couple chuckles is about it. In fact the bloopers at the end is the funniest part of the movie which kinda tells you what you need to know.

When it was announced only a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to say the least that they were adapting a satirical talk show of the internet into a movie. I've always been a huge fan of the web show and always found the writing and humour to be really witty and funny. The same can not be said for the movie, which was just plain not funny and a complete waste of time unfortunately.

This movie followed every single cliche you could possibly imagine from a Hollywood movie. You know exactly where the film is going the entire time. The main driving force for the story is that they have to go cross country to get 10 between two ferns episodes shot so that Zach can get his own network talk show, so its a roadtrip movie... How fresh. The characters are bad, forgettable and unfunny. There is zero special about the filmmaking. One of the aspects of the movie is it's shot like they are making a documentary about the making of the web show, similar to something like the office, but unlike the office, it has zero value within this movie. It serves no purpose at all and was just another lazy excuse for a few gags. It also is completely inconsistent, the whole movie isnt shot in this documentary style, they make a point of Zach asking the make believe filmmakers to shoot everything, but then there are scenes presented like a normal movie. which begs the question why even bother in the first place?

At one point in this movie, Will Ferrell (Playing the manager of funny or die) says "people like to laugh at Zach, not with him" in reference to what made the show so popular. As if to suggest that is the driving force to what makes the web series so popular, is the fact that Zach is such a goofball. But that's not the appeal at all. The appeal is it's Zach making personal jokes about real stars careers and just plain being rude to them, having Zach shush the president of the United states, telling actors how terrible they are, in one episode he even asked hilary Clinton if email is the best way to reach her. Brilliant. It may be staged but undeniably it's still funny to see these things that you would never see happen in a more traditional interview, the show provided something unique and somewhat daring, and funny. So it's so bizzare to me that the writer and director of this movie (who is the same as the web show) didn't seem to understand the aspects that made the show so popular in the first place. I never saw Zach galifinakis as a character in the original series. More as a spokesperson for these jokes, jokes that people would make between there friends except Zach was directly speaking to them. not the Zach we see in this film, this bumbling goofy idiot type character who has a dream of making it big and becoming a real talk show host, Errm, who cares!!

The best part of this movie is of course the interviews themselves. But even they are not nearly as funny. They just feel more "polished" and some of them are less than a minute long. The movie was also not self aware in the slightest. I think it would have helped this movie along if they got alot more meta, you know have actors play up the way they are perceived by audiences, but they dont. Instead they just chose to go the absolute laziest route possible and have the actors just sit there quietly and take the abuse. The scenes between the interviews could have been filled with birdman like self awareness with actors mocking themselves. Such wasted potential here.

Overall this isn't a movie I can recommend, maybe for the ferns episodes within the film but you can probably just watch them online. In total they probably take up like 15 minutes of the film.Honestly this movie kind of ruins between two ferns going forward. When the show chastises actors for there bad choices on making bad projects from nownon. It's going to be really hard not to see the hypocrisy considering they were the same people who thought this was a good idea.